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Robert A. Baker, late of Summerfie’.d and Mobile; “Aud, whereas, Brother Biker was ‘a prince and a great man in our Israel/ fore-, most in promoting all the interests of the boutheru Methodist Church, of which he was a consistent, zealous and extraordinari ly uselul member from his youth ; “ And, whereas, Brother Baker was one of the founders of the Southern University an ex-President of the Board of Trustees and a member thereof at the time of his death: Therefore, R soived, 1 Thatwemourn the loss ol R -bert A. Baker as a great pub lic calamity and an t fil ction of no ordinary severity to the Methodist Episcopal Church Sou h. *' 2- That we especially deplore the death of Brother Baker, as by it the Southern U;i. varsity has lost one of its earliest and most devoted friends. “3 That we request the Chancellor of the University to improve this mournful event by preaching a suitable sermon iii the University Chapel on July 2d, being the Sunday immediately preceding the next commencement. *' 4. That we sympathize with the bereav ed family and friends of brother Baker in the loss which they have sustained by the death cf such a husband, father and friend. “ 5. That copies of the foregoing be trans mitted to the esteemed relict of brother Baker, and to the Southern Christian Ad vocate and Selma and Mobile papers for publication ia their columns. “On motion, the meeting then adjourn ed. T. N. Lupton, Secretary.” I wM only add that Dr. Wightman prem izes, 1». V., to comply with the request in the third resolution. You will eee by the appointments of the Mobile Conference, which I sent you from Mobile, that 1 am stationed this year at Greensboro'. The church here is in a con dition 8 milar to that of nearly all our churches in this country. It needs reha bilita ion very much. The colored mem bers are loyal to our church, and we have no idea of adopting the suicidal policy of surrendering tl em to strangers. We shall lab r for their salvation as heretofore. The University is doing well—it has an able and laborious Faculty—the s*udents are orderly—and the Preparatory Depart ment, under Mr. Hutchinson, is quite prosperous. The B v. T. Y. Ramsey, my predecessor in thy station, has charge of the Female Academy here, wit'' compe'eat assistants. He deserves and will be likely to realize good suoecs3. I hope the-Advocate, under new auspi ces, will prosper exceedingly. But my sheet is f 11. Thos 0. Summers. Greensboro', Ala , Jan 2, 1866. PROM BISHOP ANDREW. I returned yesterday from my Western trp, after an absence of nearly three months. I took steam 1 r frem New Orleans for Galveston, which we reached after an stormy passage of three days. Cached there on the 1 cars next morning lor Chapel Hill, re the Texas Conference met. We had delightful conference. At its close 1 left *r Rusk and Marshall, where the preach es of the East Texas Conference were in structed to meet me to receive ordination. From thence all the way to Mansfield, La, the brethren kindly conveyed me in pri vate carriages. I shall only say now that I was kindly received everywhere, and my visit to Tex is was hailed by the brethren as a blessing They have suffered much from the absence of a bishop, but they have maintained the regular organization and operations of the church; and from all I could learn all preachers and people—stand firm oh the platform of Southern Methodism. 1 have had a long and fatigueing trip, to which I looked forward at the start with some apprehension, in view of my age; but God has sustained me, and I have been able to perform all my duties, and my health is about as go and as when I began my trip ; and, praise to God, I have returned in safety and found all my loved ones at home alive and well. And now let me say that the main object of this note will be found in the letter ap pended. The writer, an old and respect able free colored woman of good report for piety, ditd some few years since in Hender- Bon, Texis. She made her will, distribu ting her goods as follows : she divided her gold into three parts—one third to the bishops, another third to the China mission, and a third to the Southern Christian Ad vocate. The whole t mount is-.slßo. The money was put into my hands as I passed through Texas, and the same is now in my hands, and can be had by application to me. James O. Andrew. Summerfield, Dec. 20 (h 1865. The following letter was sent by Bishop Andrew with the above. The writer refers to a former letter sent to the editor, but he has no recollectipn of ever having received one from her: Henderson, Texas. April 24, 1863. JRtv. E. H. Myers, Editor Southern Christian Advocate: Dear Brother: I wrote to you before thi*. expecting to receive an amwer, but now I have given up all hope of living a lufficient length of time to receive one, shojld you have written. I have left directicns here as to what I Want you ’and the bishop to do. I leave three parcels in the caie of Mis. E-till, of thift design for tie China mis r WS for Advocate mis> %ort W • c s ‘ OD J an d one to asiist the bishops in th- if travels. I don’t expect to tarry long on earth. When lam gone Bro Browa will inform you of the fact. If you ever tpeet Bro. J. E Evans tell him 1 die in print peace. He took me in the church and bnp iized me. -1 have lived the life I wore to live. I renounced the devil and all his works, and did not come out and tell the world I was on their side. I am your sister, in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, Eliza Connoway. (fbitorial Iktbnics. Tiie Rev. W. A. McSwain. —We are pained to learn from a paragraph in an ex change, that this valuable member of the South Carolina Conference died recently at his home in Laurens, S. C., from the effects of an injury received some weeks back, in jumping from his buggy. He was a devo ted Christian, a faithful and useful minister, and a leading member in the Conference he had long served in many prominent posi tions. The Rev. T. N. Ralston, D. D., says the Louisville Advocate , is doing a good work on the Alexandria Circuit, Kentucky Conference. He is comfortably domiciled on a cozy little farm a mile or two from New port, and almost in sight of Cincinnati.— Like the ancient proprietor of the ark, he has “planted a vineyard,” but, unlike the patriarchal fruit grower, he does not “drink of the wine thereof.” Rev. E. Stevenson, D. D.—lt is not generally known this side the “lines/’ that Dr. SteveDsdh, formerly Book Agent, died more than a year since, at Russellville, Ky. His end was peace.. Dr. T. 0. Summers is stationed this year at Greensboro', Ala. We were misled when we gave Selma as his station, by a telegram from Mobile to the Selma Messenger. We expect Dr. S. to be a constant contributor to the Advocate. Tiie Rio Grande Conference—We learn that this Conference held its session in San Antonia, in October, Rev. J. W. De vilbiss, presiding. Will some brother be kind enough to send us a list of its delegates to the General Conference ? o The Nashville Advocate. —The best proof we have seen that the oft-repeated story of the restoration of our Publishing House is at last true, is in the re-appearance of the Nashville Advocate. It is again in fewicL as larges? and v?>ry I 'T*V ural. We make several extracts from it? columns. • Rev. Charles Taylor.—The Rev. W. G. E. Cunnyngham inquires through the Episcopal Methodist for Dr. Taylor’s ad dress. It is Sumter, S. C., he being this year in charge of Sumter Circuit. The Philosophy of Advertising. It. is a well known maxim of political econo my that desire creates demand, and that de mand is the stimulus of trade. Whatever, then, produces desire for the articles of trade pro motes it. This theory is well understood by tai lors and milliners. The former have their “walk ing advertisements” in every community, who display their fabrics and fits, and bring them custom. The latter prosper notoriously by in troducing the “ latest fashions, ” and when they have bedecked some of the “leaders ” in their finest and richest fabrics, or set them off with their “ love of a bonnet,” their advertising is wisely done. For some acute observer has said of the ladies, that they dress for each other’s eyes, and what lady is willing to be surpassed in fine or fashionable dress ? But many tradesmen cannot avail themselves of the principle in this way. They must con tent themselves with a display of their wares in show cases or at shop doors and windows, or if they wish to create a general desire for their commodities, they must advertise. Let the peo ple thus know what there is to sell, and where it is to be had, and the people want it. Desire is engendered, and this creates demand. Many of the most successful merchants have made their fortunes by generous advertising. When one’s name appears in all the papers, he becomes known, as it were, to everybody. When he ad vertises largely, to many it is prima facie evi dence that he is selling largely, that he is suc cessful in trade, that he has many patrons, that his large trade enables him to cheap, and everybody wants to buy at his popular, and es pecially at his cheap, store. Begin a poor man, and let your .first year’s profits be judiciously used in advertising, and you are worth more at the end of the second year than if you had re ( mained hid in your corner. We commend this philosophy to our readers —to advertisers of every class. False Reports.—Some mischievous and de signing white, persons have circulated a report among the negroes to the effect that gold and silver were depreciating in value, and would, soon be worth nothing. Under the influence of this ridiculous story, some of them have been defrauded of their small hoardings of specie. •+. »-*.— l Gerard Hallock, Esq., the founder, and for many years proprietor, of the New York Journal of Commerce , died in New Haven, Conn., on the 4th inst., aged 66 years. He was a staunch friend of the South throughout the war. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. The Rev. William S. Williams, says the Richmond Christian Advocate, died at Lunenburg Court-house, at Brother Webb’s, on Thursday, 28th ult., in great peace, and Was buried at our church, at the Court house. lie was preparing to visit his pa rents in Missouri, whom he had not seen for six years; but he has, doubtless, gone to his bettor homo, in heaven. He was a zealous and faithful minister of the Gospel and a devoted Christian. To know him, was to love him. Bishop Soule.— On the sth instant, Bishop Soule visited the Publishing House, in comfortable health. This is the anniver sary of his entrance upon the itinerant min istry. Sixty-seven years ago, January sth, he left his father’s house for his first circuit. Methodism was then small, but he lived to witness a great increase. We earnestly pray that he may be spared to visit our General Conference in April next. —Nashville Ad vocate. Dittos |t ms- Congressional. Washington, Jan. 11.—Mr. Johnson made a speech in the Senate to-day, denying that Con gress has power to declare war against States; it could suppress insurrection, but not hold the Southern States as conquered territory. In the House, Mr. Rogers made a speech against the bill allowing negro sufra in the District of Columbia. Mr. Farnsworth favored the bill, saying that impartial sutfrage was the only guarantee for a proper Btate of affairs at the South. Washington, Jan. 15—In the Senate, to day, Mr. Howard effered a jo nt resolution decking that, whereas it appears by the re port of the Secretary of war that Messis D tvis ardelay are held in cor fimment as having been concerned in the assassination of Presi dent Lincoln, and fer the murder of Federal soldiers held as prisoners of war, therefore it is respectfully rcc >mmended that they be tried by a military commission. The resolution, being oljrcted to, lies over Washington, Jan. 16.—1n the House the cre dentials of the Representatives elect from Arkansas, were presented and referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. A proposition was made and received only twelve votes, allow ing the mgroes in the District of Columbia to decide, by ballot, whether white men should vote. (A burlesque.) Stevens offered a reso lution instructing the Judiciary Committee to consider the expediency of so amending act sixty-five, relative to the test oath, as to allow lawyers to practice their profession without taking said test oath, on an equal footing with other professions. Adopted. The House re sumed the negro suffrage bill. The Legislature —The Georgia Legisla ture met on Monday, ard adjourned till the n< day, without transacting any business. Gov Jenkins’ Message —On Tuesday this document v.as sent in to the Leg’slature. G-»v. J congratulates the country on the general quiet that has prevail* and He expects an early V ■ >--ru : ~ ' "'■ V’ C /'* Jib '| ifcriiivftatioikin amending the ConstfMtma, has been counted asaStatein the proclamation declaring it amended, and should, of course, participate in legislation un der that Constitution. He commends the “code” prepared by the committee for the freedmen, as “just and liberal to the irceltnen and sa'e to the citizrn ” He thinks the Wes tern and Atlantic Road ought at once to be put in the ore er, and prefers the present plan of management, with sufficient compen sation to a superintendent, to command the highest bu-iness talent, in that department. He is averse to abandoning thß Penitentiary system ; but would have its reformatory p< wer tried to the utmost. If removed, he w uld have the old Penitentiary devoted to the ; un isbment of certain primes among the freedmen. The finances of the State receive full consider ation. Its present dbt is $3 500.000. To repair damages, and set the State in working order before a tax can be collected, may m-ike it $6 000 000. He would have it raised to thus sum. He thinks the present debt may be paid by 1881, and the other debts met in good time, without burdening the people. H° would have the State meet its p’edges to the Uui.verAty, and foster education generally. He recom mendi that the laws regulating in'erest be so modifi and that 7 per cent shall be the iega! rate, ! w here interest is chargeable by law, but where ! money is loaned on contract, interest may I run to 10 percent. He advises a medertte capitation tax upon freedmen, the proceeds to j be Administered by the County Justices for the I paupers of that class. He submits a report on I {he public buildings and grounds, and recom -1 mends that a moderate sum be devoted to pre i serving and beautifying them. These are the principal suggestions of this excellent State paper. , From Europe.— The first batch of Fenian indictments had been disposed of at Dub in, a r and the Special Commission had adjourned to Cork where the trial of John McCafferty, a native of Ohio, and late a captain Con federate army, was in progress ble exctement prevailed in consequence of the disarpesranee of quite a number ot the most skillful and experienced of the Irish pilots. It was thought that they designed, tc take charge of a Fenian expedition already in preparation to descend the Irsh coast Spain has agreed to accept ihi mediation of E g'aad ia her dis pute with Chile, and abide the resu’l of the de liberations Advices from Brazil represent that, through the intervention of the Amaru, can Minister at Buexo’. Ayers, a cessation of hostilities between ibe Paraguayans and Allies, was likely to be brought about soon. Toe ca tie plague was still on the increase in Eng lanrt Z Advices from Gaudaloupe, dated 25. h of November, state that the cholera had bro ken out there, and was committing great rava ges at Besse Terrea, a town of six thousand inhabitants. On the 221 ulitmo there were 107 cases that proved fatal. France and The United States.—A Wash ington correspondent s a es that a letter ha-? been received from Pari?, which states that the E nperor. in his opening address to:hi Legislative bodies; will express peaceful sen timenta towards this country a*d will promise to remove French troops from M xico as speed ily a9 possible, provided lhe relations between the two countries continue peaceful and ami cable. Hon. AND Bkv James Harlan, Secretary of the Interior, has bean chosen U. 8. Senator for lowa Sou j h America —We have important and stirring intelligence regaiding the progre sot hostilities b j wee i Chile and Spain.' A naval engagement took p’ace on the 26th between the Chi'e.ans and Span ards, which r&ulted most creditably to the former, tl ough it appears that among their officers tfiere was a valuable infus eion or the Anglo Salon e ement. The Chil ean Dava' steamer Es me rah a, which, some time a so, escaped to sea from Valparaiso through Admiral ParejVs blockade, and was, for a while, 1 >&ts gbt of, sudden y made her appear ance ab >ut f< rty miles to the northward of that port on the date named, attacked the Spanish war steamer Covadonga. snd, a brisk fight of bhlf an hour, ca.pH.red it, with all on board This affor has much exc : ted and en couraged the peo} la of Chile. A little Chilean steamer la also recently captuied, in the har bor of Til ahua o, a S f ani.-h launch and its crew, beb nging to one of the blockading ves sels In fact, the Chileans appear to be wide awake and prepared for the struggle at all joints. It was sti.l und rstood that Peru would firm an alliance with Chile against the Sj aniardr, though nothing in the matter bad yet been done by Prado’s government. From the other republics South and Central America the news is not particularly important. . Unstamped Receipts and Other Papers.— The neglect to affix revenue stamps to receipts given for money, goods, exprtss packages, and other papers, lias become very common, even on the part of business men who are familiar with t'rn requirements of the law. The omission has bee me so general as to attract the attention of the revenue officers, and the commissioner has directed, after an opportunity has been given for correcting omissions, to have proceedings commenced for the recovery of the penalty of fifty dollars, the amount recoverable for each case of neglect. The common mode of cancel ling stamp- with an X is not a compliance with the law. The initials of the person using the stamp, and the date when used, should be writ ten in ink. or stamped. Any other mode gives an opportunity for a subsequent fraudulent use of a stamp. An Important Announcement. —The Rich mond Dispatch, of the sili inst., reports the re sult of Gov. Pierpont's late visit to Washington, that is important to all the States owing the di rect tax of 1861. It says that the Uni'ed States officials agreed at once to the proposed arrange ment by which the Legislature is to assume the the payment of the land tax due by our people as inhabitants of an insurrectionary district.” Three years will be allowed for the payment of the tax ; but whether it is to be paid in annual in stalments or not, we have not. been informed. All compulsory measures for its collection from the land owners have been prohibited, and none but voluntary payments nre to be made until the General Assembly shall have taken action in regard to the matter. Death op the Hon. Peter Cone. —This esti mable citizen of Geotgia, died at his residence in Bulloch county, on Saturday morning, 6th inst., aged seventy years. For forty-two years or twenty-one terms, he served Bulloch county with ability in tme State Seuate, in which body he was known as the senior member. General Cone was a man of sterling integrity and ardent devotion to the welfare of his native State. Gov. Jenkins’ Appointments. —The Governor has appointed H. G. J. Williams and It. L Hunt er, Secretaries of the Executive Department; Z. D. Harrison, Messenger; J. G. Montgomery, of Augusta, Librarian; Jesse Horton, Captain of the Guard for the Capitol; Wiley C. Ander son, Principal Keeper of the Penitent iary ; Cnas. G. Tulbird, Assistant; Dr. C. D. Case, Physi cian. i The Supreme Court op Florida. —The follow ing geuile-ien wei e wccm’.y nomina'c ’ by Gov Walker, of Florida, for the Supreme bench of that State: For Chief Justice, C. H. Dufont ; for Associate Justices, A. L. Maxwell and J. M. Baker. The nominations were, without the formality of reference to a committee, immedi ately acted upon, and unanimously confirmed. The Supreme Bench.— The Washington cor respondent of the New York News says that the vacancy in the Supreme Court will soon be filled by the appointment of either Governor Sharkey, of Mississippi, now U. S. Senator from that State, or of Judge Trigg, President of the United States District Court of Tennessee. Southern Steamship Companies. —We learn from the Philadelphia North American and Uni ted States Gazette, of the 30th ultimo, that the committee appointed to raise subscriptions for the establishment of lines of steamers betweeu Philadelphia, - Charleston, New Organs, Wil mington and Savannah, have already raised upwards of $400,000 and it was thought the required amount would be made up in a very short time, as all the committees would be at work by the first of January. Wheat. —Our Western exchanges report sat isfactorily upon the condition ot the growing crop of ft.ll wheat. We believe that more than ihe usual avreage of wheat has been sown, and that the weather thus far has been very favora ble. More than the usual amount of fall plough ing has also been done. The fanners may well feel satisfied on reviewing the result of the sea son now brought to a close. They have not on ly had an abundant harvest, and good prices, but the prospect for the next year is equally cheering. Gen. Grant recommend-, the retention of a sufficient military force M.vhe Sou h, to pre serve tranquility, and doubts the propriety of arming the Southern militia. Still Later from Europe. —The Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland had refused to appoint a Com mission to inquire into the escape of Stephens,- the Head Centre. In the case of Captain M'Affer ty, who served in the Confederate Army, ihe counsel objected to the indictment, on the.ground that the prisoner was an alien, who had commit ted no crime within the jurisdiction of Great Britain, and the judges held the objection well taken, and the jury, under their instruction, re turned a verdict of not guilty. At a subsequent sitting of the commission, Dillon Bryan and Joliu Lynch were arraigned for treason-felony; and the grand jury found true bills against several pariies. The cattle disease continued on the increase in several counties, the number of cattle attacked being estimated at five thou sand a week. Already forty thousand had died of the disease. The Prince Napoleon had ar rived in Paris. The King and Queen of Portu gal had extended their visit to Warsaw. Gen eral Schofield had returned from London to Paris, where he was to spend the Winter. Christmas and the Negroes. —lt is with no small satisfaction that we record there was but little negro rioting on Christmas at the South. Fore-warned of what was threatened, the milita ry werearined, and t lie citizens also. There is a better state of th ngs cxisiing in Florida, North Carolina and Mississippi, than formerly. From the old sugar regions of Louisiana we learn that all the sugar planters now want is laborers, and they will doubtless be able to get more than half their original numbers wilhout much trou ble. If negroes will not work, high prices of sugar will bring white laborers to the cultiva tion of cane. These lands will be eultitated. Sugar will be raised. Items.— Two safes of the Adams K pre s Company were broken open on the train of the New York and New Haven'Railroad, recently, when the same was only thirty miles out from New York, and the sum of sso'>.ooo stolen The thieves were in such a In r y, that they left behind SBO,OOO in bank notes, and $60,000 in Government bonds. Four of the thieves have been arrested, and a good deal of the mcney re covered Col. W. 11. Stiles, formerly member of Congress from Georgia, and Charge d’Af faires at Vienna, died at Savannah, Ga., on the 20th ultimo. During his residence at Vienna, he found time to collate valuable materials for a history of that country, which he published soon after his return home in 1849. Soon after the commencement of the war, Colonel Stiles raised a regiment, from the command of which lie retired after his health had been much im paiied by exposure in the service Mrs. Catherine P. Hayden, perhaps one of the oldest citizens of Savannah, died recently, at the age of 85. She was the only child of Col. White, a distinguisned officer of the Revolution, whose gallant exploit, capturing near Savannah, by a s*cecssful stratagem, a considerable British force, illustrates one of the brightest pages of the history of Georgia ’-A destructive fire occurred in Nashville on the 9th inst. A gen tleman named C. B. Moores, of the firm of Cook, Moores & Cos , was burned alive. He was a native of Fayetteville, Lincoln county, Tenn. Property to the amount of SIOO,OOO was destroyed by the fire The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad has begun a suit against its late President for one million dollars dam. ages for permitting the late Confederate Gov ernment to use the road and its machinery dur ing the war Letters from Charleston say the regulations for controlling free labor are nearly perfected The copy of the contract re quired between freedmen and employers, in South Carolina, is published. Freedmen are made responsible for all animals and tools en trusted to their care, and are required to give assurance of good faith in the performance of their duties It is a subject of comment at Washington, that at the President's reception none of the diplomatic corps recognised or spoke to the. Mexican Minister, they evidently not acknowledging him as a representative from any government. Senor Romero was cordially received by President Johnson, but remained only a few moments in the reception room, leaving some time before the other minsters—- An entire family, five in number, in Brooklyn, have been poisoned by the use of musty flour, purchased at a neighboring grocery, One has died, two are still dangerously ill, and the re maining two are convalescent At the lowest estimate there are now in the District of Colum bia at least fifty thousand negroes against about eighty thousand whites The Provost Marshal at Lexington, recently confiscated a quantity of valuable hides belonging to a tan nery in that jlnce, which were in part the pro perty of the widow of Stonewall 'Jackson The U. S. Consul at Port Mahon writes to the State Department that the cholera has nearly disappeared from that province, and say£ that the mortality in Spain has been far greater than will ever be known The office of Provisional Governor of North Carolina having been vaca ted. the State finds itself in an anomalous con dition, without civil officers, including mayor, town commissioners, judge, &c., those having been appointed by the Provisional Governor. It is probable that the military authorities will direct the officers heretofore acting for the State to continue their functions for the present. MARRIED, In Houston county, on the 9 h Dec , 1865, by Rev S R. J Sistnuik, Dr W F. HysLop, of Arkansas, and Mbs Ecgkma E. Riley, daughter of the late G. F. acd,Mrs Ehzabeth Riiey, of Houston county. , On tie same day, by the ramfe, Mr. John G. Woodward ard Miss Sarah E Moiris, all of H< uiton county. By Rev T. T. Christian, on the 11th inst., Capt. A O. Garrard, of Columbus, and Miss Anna J. Walker, of Dawson. At the Parsonage, in Morgan co., Jan. 2d, by Rev. D. Kelsey, Mr. S.. Fulton, of Mon ticello, and Miss Georgia R Kelsey, of Morgan county. In Mu cogee co., on the 19th Dpc., 1866, by Rev >• S Boyden,*Mr. F. C. McLendon, of Merriwether co., and Miss M E. Biogebs, o[ Muscogee county. In Muscogee county, at the residence of the bride’s father, Rev. B W. Clark, on the 26th Dec., 1865, by the Rev. A. S. Boyden, Capt. David L. Cohen, of Pensaco!s, Florida, and Mrs. Lucy A. McCoy, of Muscogee. On 21st Dec., by the Rev J. T. Ainsworth, Wm. Bell and Miss Ellen Fullyobd, of Buena Vista, Ga. On 28th Dec., at the house of the bride, by Rev. John A Reynold*, Mr. John H. Rhodes and Mrs. Mary J. Malone, all of Richmond county. On same evoning, by same, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. William W. Tinlky and Miss Elvira J. Elsmork, all of R.chmond county. Da 9;,h January, by same, at Mrs. Elizabeth ifißp's’, Mr. Whitney H. Rhodes, of Rich mond county, and Miss Rebecca Rhkney, of Jefferson county. THE mu cirai mm. 1866. * This old and well estab lished religious family weekly, in entering upon its TWENTY-NINTH VOLUME, takes a,new form to adapt itself more fully to the wants and interests of the present limes. It will be issued AS AN EIGHT PAGE QUARTO, In combination with THE MIRROR OF TIIE TIMES, (Lately J. W. Burke h Co’s Mercantile Mirror.) Thus The Southern Christian Advooatb, becomes a double half devoted, as heretofore, to Re ligion and the Church; and one half to Literature, Science, Art, the News, the Markets, Advertisements, etc, etc., etc. ' •' T fn thi * form, it is proposed to make it equal to any Family Newspaper in the c rnntry—being A1 that a family that takes but one Newspaper can need; and also worthy ol a place with other Newspapers, where several are taken. Besides, it is offered as the Cheapest Paper In the South! The price being only Three Dollars a Year, (In Advance) It may justly claim to be THE POOR MAX’S PAPER. And as such It hopes that a gemrous public will giro it* liberal patronage. It is only by such a patronage, that it out be sustained at this price. Any person sending m subscribers to the amount of S3O 00, wll. be entitled to a coj y, tree for one y t er. Address ■■ • \ - I p. H. MYERS, D. D. Ed tor, ■' j! ' > Macon, Q*,